At CES in January we announced partnerships with Panasonic and LG to bring Skype to some of their Internet-connected HDTVs. Many of you asked if we were working with other manufacturers to do the same, and so today we’re very happy to announce a third member of the club. All Samsung LED 7000 a...

Skype has joined forces with Verizon Wireless, the largest and most reliable mobile network in the US. From March, you’ll be able to get Skype on a wide range of Verizon Wireless phones, including BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 sma...

Skype has joined forces with Verizon Wireless, the largest and most reliable mobile network in the US. From March, you’ll be able to get Skype on a wide range of Verizon Wireless phones, including BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 sma...

Our mobile team are all headed to Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona next week, and have a little goodie for everyone in Barcelona – and in fact anywhere in Spain. If you’re in Spain, you’ll be able to get one session of WiFi access, on us, for up to 15 minutes, thanks to Skype Ac...

Our mobile team are all headed to Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona next week, and have a little goodie for everyone in Barcelona – and in fact anywhere in Spain. If you’re in Spain, you’ll be able to get one session of WiFi access, on us, for up to 15 minutes, thanks to Skype Ac...

Next week in Barcelona is Mobile World Congress – the world’s biggest mobile industry event. We’ll be there in force, and will have a couple of exciting announcements to make. Russ Shaw, VP and GM of our mobile business, gives a few hints in the video above. You can also join us a...

I caught up with Josh Silverman earlier for a quick chat about video – past, present and future. In the video above, we talk about what makes video different, its current ubiquity, and a little bit about what the future has in store. He also published a guest post on GigaOM earlier today, whi...

One of the more interesting sessions I attended at the Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) in Honolulu this week was a panel discussion called “The Content Providers Speak”. It included technical eaders from Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, who were talking about their perspective on...

Yesterday, I gave a keynote address at the Pacific Telecom Conference (PTC) in Honolulu. I talked about the current state of the IP communications industry and where its going in the future. The IP communications industry has been around a long time - around 15 years or so. During that time, there a...

Last week the European Parliament organised hearings to confirm the new list of European Commissioners, including Neelie Kroes who is proposed to be the new EU Commissioner for the ‘Digital Agenda’ (the policy area formerly known as ‘Information Society’). Ms Kroes has been t...